Siding and shingle strip for building purposes



Nov. Us 1924- r 1,515,530 P. P. WELTY ING AND SHINGLE STRIP FOR BUILDING PURPOSES Filed-Jan. 26, 1924 Patented Nov. 11, 19 24.

PATENT OFFICE- PETER-PQWELTY, or PANDORA, 01110. I

SIDING- AND SHINGLE STRIP FOR BUILDING PURIPOSES.

Application filed January 26, 1924. Serial No. 688,729.

To (all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, PETER P. WELTY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pandora, in-the county of Putnam and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Siding and Shingle Strips for Building Purposes, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to siding or shingle strips for building purposes composed of flexible, water-proof material and adapted to be laid in overlapped courses, each strip constituting a member of the covering of the side of a building.

The main object of the invention is to provide a building strip of the class specified,

, constructed to simulate building units such as bricks and presenting, when a number of the strips are laid and overlapped, a surface having the appearance of a brick wall,

and to utilize in connection with these strips at inner and outer corner angles of the side portion ofa buildingnovel forms of sup- I plemental strips having a particular specific construction, to regularly continue the courses of the overlaid strips at the points indicated and preserve the continuity of the said strips at inner and outer angles. 7

A further object of the invention is to generally improve building strips of the character specified by forming the same from comparatively cheap material and subjecting the strips to treatment to render them water-proof, and thereby economize in the cost of building materials with substantially the same degree o-f'efiiciency in service and wearing ability.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing:

I Fig. 1 is a perspective View of portions of the sides of a. house, showing an inner angle andhaving the improved strips applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the improved strips at an outer angle cover- .ing or supplemental member or strip;

Fig: 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the main strips; and

I Figs/1 and 5 are detail views, respectively, of inner and outer corner strips.

The numeral 5 designates the improved building strip, which may 'be made of any ing a predetermined distance inwardly from one side edge are a plurality of slots 6, all

of equal length. This strip with the slotted edge may be made in very long lengths and rolled, the strip being rendered more efficient in. its service and durability by suitably treating the same with asphalt or an asphalt solution. The improved strip may be prlmarily formed of paper stock of suitable thickness, or any other analogous flex- 1ble material of a comparatively cheap character, andstrengthened and rendered water-proof by treatment with asphalt, as above noted, and when the lengths of the improved strip are completed, they maybe conveniently applied to various portions of the sides of a house or building. The strips are cut the lengths desired when they are applied, and at the inner and outer angles 8 and inwardly inclined side edges 9, which are ofiset as at 10 so as to follow or conform to the formation of the slots 6 in the longer strips. The lower edge of the strip .7 is slightly recessed as at 11, the edges from opposite sides of the center extending downwardly and outwardly at an angle as at 12.

The strip 7 is normally fiat but when applied to the inner angle of the side of a building or house, the said strip is intermediately bent in a transverse direction, or from the lower central point of the greatest inward extent of the recess 11 to the center of the straight edge 8, and when the said strip is so bent, the side edges 9 with the offset structure as specified assume a straight position as shown by Fig. 1, this variationin the angle being due to the bend formed at the center as at 13. The ofiset portions of the side edges, or the half slots 14, are approximately. onehalf the width of the slots 6 of the main strips 5, so that when the said strip 7 is applied, the half slots 14 at opposite sides will result in the formation of a slot in connec-- upper straight edge 16 and side edges 17,

I which are vertically straight and offset as at 18, to provide half slots 19 for the same purpose as the slots 14 hereinbefore explained, or to complete the slotsrelatively to the cut ends of the main strip 5. The lower edge of the'outehcorner strip 15 is formed by downwardly and inwardly ,in-

clined edge portions 20, which terminate at their lowermost points at a central angle 21, which is in line with the vertical center of the strip 15, the strip being folded on this vvertical central line when applied as shown by Fig. 2, and whereby all of'the edgescome into straight relation with the cut-edges of The assemblage of these the longer strips 5. supplemental or continuing strips at the inner and outer corners is efl'ected prior to the overlap of the successive strips 5"as shown, the said overlapof these successive or main strips 5-being of such an extent as to project over and shield the inner terminals or ends of the slots 6, thereby giving the strips 5 a maximum overlap and covering up all of the joints where the supple-- mental strips 7 and 15 are applied and at the same time decreasing the weather-exposed portions of the strips materially with rela tion to strips of'this character as heretofore used. The advantage of placing the strips 5 with a maximum overlap arrangement against the side or roof of a building is that they will be less liable to become loose and bend upwardly, and moreover, air is more fully excluded from between the strips. By this means the covering embodying the improved strips and angle or supplemental strips 7 and 15 will exclude cold aii' and provide a much warmer covering for the side of a building.

It will be understood that the strips may all be varied in their dimensions to adapt the same to difi'ere'nt applications without departing from the spirit of the invention. It IS also proposed to apply coloring matter to the stripsand ornament the surfaces thereof to represent stone or give a pebble dash effect, and in some instances com minuted stone will be adhesively applied to the outer surfaces of the strips, with an advantageous ornamental effect and pleasing design when the strips are applied in overlapped relation as hereinbefore explained. One of the most advantageous appllcations of the improved siding and shingle strips is for covering the weather-worn and rotted side walls of old buildin to provide anew surface instead of pate ing up the siding and painting the same as is now commonly practiced. The cost of applying the improved siding over an old surface as just specified will not be any greater than that I required for fixing or repairing the old surface or side wall covering, and in fact the application of the improved siding embodying the features of the invention will materially add to the durability of an old building and give it a practically new appearance with a pleasing design in view of the simulation of brick structures. A further advantage in the application of the improved siding strips over an old building surface is that the building will be made much warmer.

What is claimed as new is:

1. Covering meansfor the side of a house,

consisting of a plurality of overlapped strips having slots at regular intervals extending transversely over a portion of the width of covered by the successive overlapped strips,

and supplemental inner and outer corner vstrips with flat surfaces and respectively having top straight edges, inclined and straight side edges with oflsets forming slots having an extent of about one-half the extent of the slots of the main strips to coact with the slots of the latter strips, the lower edges of the said inner and outer corner strips being reversely inclined, the one strip havin tom e ge portions converging towards a centralmaximum projection and the other strip having upwardly and inwardly inclined converging bottom edge portions terminating at a central maximum depression to adapt the said strip for application between the cut-ends ofdthe main strips and regularly continue the latter.

2. A. covering for the, side wall of a building, consisting of main strips of equal width throughout their lengths having transverse opposite downwardly inclined bot slots extending th'ereinto from one edge partially across the width of each strip, and inner and outer corner strips having top horizontally straight edges and side edges shaped to conform to the cut end edges of the main, strips and provided with oflsets forming slots continumg a distance across the width of the corner strips and substantially equal in length to the slots of the main strips, the inner cornerstrip having upwardly and inwardly inclined lower edge portions converging to a central, maximum depression and the outer corner strip having downwardly inclined lower ,edge portions conv'er ing to a central. maximum projection, t e mainstrips and the corner strips being adapted to be assembled and overlapped to simulate building units.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set:

my hand.

a PETER P. WELTY. 

